Coronavirus fears give rise to stigma in Japan`s local communities
(WorldNews Japan)

As the new coronavirus continues to spread in Japan, recovered patients, their families, co-workers and neighbors are facing stigma and discriminatory treatment, a recurrent theme seen in society when people have been faced with new health threats, such as leprosy and the effects of nuclear accidents. A man in his 60s who was aboard the Diamond Princess, a cruise ship that was quarantined in February near Tokyo, heard rumors that he was `spreading the virus by walking around the neighborhood,` upon returning to his home in Osaka Prefecture. Although the man tested...